EARL of RONALDSHAYasked if an ordinary letter takes 6½ hours and a registered letter 5¼ hours in transmission between the City and Crouch End, a distance of about five miles; and, if so, will he, in view of the inconvenience caused to the business community by the length of time occupied, take steps to have the transmission of letters between these two localities expedited?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe Noble Lord has not been correctly informed. Ordinary letters posted in the City at the time of a collection would be delivered in Crouch End after an average interval of just under 3½ hours. Registered letters take about half an hour longer. As there are already seven deliveries a day in 830 Crouch End, I do not think that the service can be regarded as unsatisfactory.